You — that innocent of innocent audience member — will, of course, have the honor of choosing the murder weapon and the scene of the crime.

This is the great Jim Carpenter’s first time on the Magic stage, and those that follow Bay Area theater know he’s a stalwart icon. For that alone, this production is not to be missed.

Theaters with the largest growth in followers include SF Playhouse (23%) and Marin Theatre Company (53%).

Actors run around half-dressed, smoke weed, punk out, pour wine over their heads, make out. It might all sound insane — and at times it approaches the threshold of what I’d consider mainstream storytelling — if it weren’t for the fact that it’s so raw, entertaining.

Those that have been on the Bay Area theater scene longer than I know that Gods have tread upon its legendary stage including Sean Penn, Peter Coyote, Danny Glover, and Ed Harris.

A round-up of some of the top holiday productions across the San Francisco Bay Area including A.C.T., Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, TheatreWorks, Magic Theatre, SJ Stage, and more.

All I could think was: Holy crap. Holy crap! Holy…crrrrrap!! Rod Gnapp is most assuredly, along with James Carpenter, one of the Bay Area’s greatest, working stage actors.

For 44 years, Magic has contributed to the inventiveness and relevance of the national canon while passionately ensuring the future vibrancy of the American theatre.

After twenty years apart, Emma (played by Denise Cormier) tracks Ulysses (played by Rod Gnapp) to a trailer park in the middle of nowhere for a final reckoning.

It all starts with the lesbian brain (memory/lust/hammering doubt) don’t you know.